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title: Episode 9- What Should Be the Democratic Legislature's Top Education Priorities?
description: For the first time in four decades, Democrats are in charge of all branches of Michigan's state government - and they're promising big changes in K-12 education. But with children reeling from three years of pandemic-interrupted learning loss, what should their REAL priorities be? Why is it bad policy to target charter school students and parents? As always, our hosts have a no-holds-barred discussion.
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# [Episode 9- What Should Be the Democratic Legislature's Top Education Priorities?](https://www.charterschools.org/disruption-junction/episode-9-what-should-be-the-democratic-legislatures-top-education-priorities)

 Written by [Buddy Moorehouse](https://www.charterschools.org/disruption-junction/author/buddy-moorehouse) | Feb 13, 2023 7:40:34 PM

 

For the first time in four decades, Democrats are in charge of all branches of Michigan's state government - and they're promising big changes in K-12 education. But with children reeling from three years of pandemic-interrupted learning loss, what should their REAL priorities be? Why is it bad policy to target charter school students and parents? As always, our hosts have a no-holds-barred discussion.

Hosted by:

- Bernita Bradley of Detroit, the Parent Voice Director of the National Parent Union.
- Kayla Campbell, elementary educator and literacy specialist at Creative Technologies Academy, a charter school in Cedar Springs.
- Julie Bucholtz, Academic Assessment Specialist at the Lake Superior State University Charter Schools office in Sault Ste. Marie.
- Dan Quisenberry, President of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA).

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